DATUK Alwi Che Ahmad has become some sort of “hudud expert” among his Umno friends. Everywhere he goes these days, he is bound to be asked about the Kelantan hudud law which was passed by the state assembly recently.

Spontaneous and emotional outpouring of grief by Singaporeans is indeed a testament to Lee Kuan Yew’s extraordinary achievement in creating a united nation out of a divided, polyglot, multi-racial and multi-religious population.